Check out our searchable table for the top 100 cable originals at the bottom of the post.

NETWORK UPDATE: The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip for AQUARIUS to an even-worse 0.2.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: We’re informed by fans that the Adult Swim late-night Saturday line-up is full of shows that while not technically “originals” (so they don’t appear on the charts below) had never before been shown in their current versions on US TV. That being the case, although it’s not on the chart, DRAGON BALL Z actually led Saturday cable with a 0.73 rating in 18-49s and 1.6M total viewers. MICHIKO & HATCHINI followed at 0.51/1.1M. Then SWORD ART ONLINE, as noted on the chart, fell 0.04 to 0.47, with 1M viewers, and NARUTO was at 0.41/1M. ONE PIECE followed at 0.41/878K, with ATTACK ON TITAN at 0.36/793K. (Note: since all of these except SWORD ART are listed by the network as reruns, we’ll have no way of knowing when Adult Swim re-airs its own episodes.)

In the live-action world, the preliminaries to the UFC pay-per-view Ronda Rousey match gave Fox Sports 1 the nightly win at 0.60. Starz’s POWER dropped 0.07 to 0.50. ESPN’s PREMIER BOXING was at 0.42. A pair of children’s shows cracked the Top 10: Nickelodeon’s PIG GOAT BANANA CRICKET at 0.40, and Cartoon Network’s POKEMON at 0.30. An original episode of COPS on Spike was at 0.34. Food Network’s PIONEER WOMAN returned at 0.33, while KITCHEN AT FN dropped 0.09 to 0.19. HELL ON WHEELS (AMC) gained 0.05 to 0.30. On Discovery, MYTHBUSTERS lost 0.06 to 0.24. Hallmark’s CEDAR COVE was at 0.15. BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.04/114K.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 100 Original Cable TelecastsTo search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box.

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday August 1, 2015

P18-49

P2+

Rank

Program

Net

Start

Mins

Rating

(000s)

1

UFC PPV PRELIMS L: 190:ROUSEY/CORREIA

FOX SPORTS 1

08:00 PM

120

0.60

1,322

2

POWER 2

STARZ PRIMARY

09:01 PM

59

0.50

1,040

3

SWORD ART ONLINE II

ADULT SWIM

01:30 AM

30

0.47

1,020

4

PREMIER BOXING CHAMPS L

ESPN

09:00 PM

117

0.42

1,073

5

PIG GOAT BANANA CRICKET

NICKELODEON

10:30 AM

30

0.40

1,494

6

COPS (O)

SPIKE TV

08:00 PM

29

0.34

983

7

PIONEER WOMAN

FOOD NETWORK

10:00 AM

30

0.33

1,278

8

SPORTSCENTER LATE L

ESPN

10:57 PM

63

0.31

739

9

HELL ON WHEELS

AMC

09:00 PM

60

0.30

1,665

10

POKEMON THE SERIES XY

THE CARTOON NETWORK

08:00 AM

30

0.30

826

11

HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION

HOME AND GARDEN TV

10:00 PM

60

0.30

1,414

12

SPORTSCENTER 1AM L

ESPN

01:00 AM

60

0.29

544

13

JAIL: LAS VEGAS

SPIKE TV

09:00 PM

30

0.28

864

14

SPORTSCENTER MORNING L

ESPN

02:00 AM

60

0.26

444

15

AMERICAN REHAB DETROIT

HOME AND GARDEN TV

10:00 AM

30

0.24

991

16

BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: GOOD DEEDS

BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV

08:00 PM

180

0.24

691

17

MYTHBUSTERS

DISCOVERY CHANNEL

08:00 PM

60

0.24

626

18

AMERICAN REHAB DETROIT

HOME AND GARDEN TV

10:30 AM

30

0.24

1,027

19

AMERICAN REHAB DETROIT

HOME AND GARDEN TV

11:30 AM

30

0.23

1,113

20

AMERICAN REHAB DETROIT

HOME AND GARDEN TV

11:00 AM

30

0.23

1,116

21

SONIC BOOM

THE CARTOON NETWORK

07:00 AM

30

0.23

622

22

TRANSFORMERS:ROBOTS/DISGU

THE CARTOON NETWORK

06:30 AM

30

0.23

603

23

MSNBC INVESTIGATES

MSNBC

10:00 PM

60

0.23

501

24

MY HAUNTED HOUSE

LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK

09:00 PM

60

0.22

530

25

SPORTSCENTER 12AM L

ESPN

12:00 AM

60

0.21

492

26

AMERICAN REHAB DETROIT

HOME AND GARDEN TV

09:30 AM

30

0.21

817

27

UFC PPV POST FIGHT L

FOX SPORTS 1

01:42 AM

60

0.21

438

28

SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L

ESPN

10:57 AM

63

0.20

436

29

NBA INTL EXHIBITION L

ESPN

09:00 AM

117

0.20

463

30

TABLOID

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

10:00 PM

60

0.20

628

31

KITCHEN AT FN, THE

FOOD NETWORK

11:00 AM

60

0.19

1,070

32

CASHIN IN

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

11:30 AM

30

0.19

1,407

33

UFC PPV PREFIGHT L

FOX SPORTS 1

07:00 PM

60

0.19

518

34

CAVUTO ON BUSINESS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

10:30 AM

30

0.17

1,219

35

FORBES ON FOX

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

11:00 AM

30

0.17

1,218

36

AMERICAN REHAB DETROIT

HOME AND GARDEN TV

09:00 AM

30

0.17

708

37

BIRDMAN OR (UNEXPECTED..)

HBO PRIME

08:00 PM

119

0.16

533

38

DR. JEFF: ROCKY MOUNTAIN

ANIMAL PLANET

10:02 PM

61

0.16

686

39

NASCAR XFINITY POST

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

10:29 PM

11

0.16

958

40

BULLS & BEARS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

10:00 AM

30

0.16

1,290

41

LIGA MX SAT: AMERICA / ATLAS

UNIVISION DEPORTES

05:55 PM

129

0.15

313

42

CEDAR COVE

HALLMARK CHANNEL

08:00 PM

60

0.15

1,621

43

LUCY

MAXPRIME

10:00 PM

89

0.15

456

44

FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

09:00 AM

60

0.15

1,283

45

TAMMY

HBO PRIME

06:00 AM

16

0.14

281

46

GODZILLA (2014): GODZILLA (2014)

HBO PRIME

12:00 PM

123

0.14

340

47

MLB REGULAR SEASON L: LOS ANGELES ANGELS/LOS ANGELES DODGERS

FOX SPORTS 1

04:00 PM

172

0.14

562

48

LIVIN LOZADA

OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

09:00 PM

60

0.14

394

49

WEEKEND EXPRESS

HLN

07:00 AM

60

0.13

421

50

DEAD FILES

TRAVEL CHANNEL

10:00 PM

60

0.13

466

51

NASCAR XFINITY RACE L: IOWA

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

08:22 PM

127

0.13

1,041

52

MAZE RUNNER, THE

HBO PRIME

10:00 AM

113

0.13

282

53

NCWTS RACING L

FOX SPORTS 1

12:58 PM

113

0.13

782

54

I WAS POSSESSED

LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK

10:00 PM

60

0.13

295

55

MASSI IS THE PROPERTY MAN

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

12:00 PM

30

0.13

900

56

BOOK OF LIFE, THE

HBO PRIME

02:03 PM

95

0.13

300

57

DOG & BETH: ON THE HUNT 3

CMT

10:00 PM

60

0.13

327

58

I WAS POSSESSED

LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK

11:00 PM

60

0.12

255

59

MASSIVELY MIXED UP MIDDLE

NICKELODEON

08:00 PM

60

0.12

926

60

FLEX AND SHANICE

OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

10:00 PM

60

0.12

394

61

MAZE RUNNER, THE

HBO PRIME

06:00 PM

113

0.12

347

62

MLBT WEEKEND AFTERNOON

MLB NETWORK

03:39 PM

21

0.12

340

63

PGA TOUR

GOLF CHANNEL

12:52 PM

98

0.12

952

64

INCREDIBLE DR POL

NAT GEO WILD

09:00 PM

60

0.11

782

65

AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME: KC AT TOR

MLB NETWORK

01:00 PM

159

0.11

382

66

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

01:00 PM

60

0.11

627

67

AMC COWBOYS: COMANCHE MOON PART 1

AMC

12:00 PM

120

0.11

890

68

RACE TO ESCAPE

SCIENCE

10:00 PM

60

0.11

305

69

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT L: TEAM 23/ANTS ALUMNI

ESPN

02:00 PM

142

0.11

242

70

ARM WRESTLING

ESPN

08:01 PM

59

0.10

332

71

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

12:00 PM

60

0.10

808

72

AMERICAS NEWS HQ

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

01:00 PM

60

0.10

852

73

GIVER, THE

SHOWTIME PRIME

08:00 PM

97

0.10

280

74

FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

08:00 AM

60

0.10

1,071

75

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

10:00 AM

60

0.10

611

76

AMC COWBOYS: COMANCHE MOON PART 3

AMC

04:00 PM

120

0.10

1,125

77

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

02:00 PM

60

0.10

619

78

SPORTSCENTER EARLY L

ESPN

06:23 PM

37

0.10

335

79

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

11:00 AM

60

0.10

671

80

DOG & BETH: ON THE HUNT 3

CMT

09:00 PM

60

0.09

243

81

TOP TEN MONKS

HBO PRIME

06:25 AM

29

0.09

178

82

JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

12:30 PM

30

0.09

788

83

NASCAR XFINITY START L

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

07:59 PM

23

0.09

906

84

OUTRAGEOUS ACTS OF SCIENC

SCIENCE

09:00 PM

60

0.09

258

85

GC PREGAME LI

GOLF CHANNEL

02:30 PM

27

0.09

775

86

AMC COWBOYS: COMANCHE MOON PART 2

AMC

02:00 PM

120

0.09

1,086

87

SPECIAL OLYMPICS L

ESPN

07:00 PM

61

0.09

252

88

AMERICAS NEWS HQ

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

06:00 PM

60

0.09

746

89

INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE

NFL NETWORK

06:00 PM

60

0.09

180

90

FOX REPORT SATURDAY

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

07:00 PM

60

0.09

822

91

BIRDMAN OR (UNEXPECTED..)

HBO PRIME

12:00 AM

119

0.08

211

92

NEW DAY SATURDAY

CNN

07:00 AM

60

0.08

465

93

FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAY

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

07:00 AM

60

0.08

819

94

BEING: STEWART-HAAS

FOX SPORTS 1

02:51 PM

49

0.08

495

95

NEW DAY SATURDAY

CNN

06:00 AM

60

0.08

380

96

TEENAGE MUTAN NINJA TRT03

NICKTOONS

04:30 PM

30

0.08

190

97

WEEKEND EXPRESS

HLN

08:00 AM

60

0.08

296

98

LIGA MX L: JAGUARES / SANTOS

UNIVISION DEPORTES

09:53 PM

127

0.08

146

99

INSIDE TRAINING CAMP LIVE

NFL NETWORK

05:00 PM

60

0.08

167

100

RED EYE

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

11:00 PM

60

0.08

433

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MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.